import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
// Man you should look onto doing your
// homework by yourself, ijs.
// But here it goes, hope i make myself clear.
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter date of birth (MM/DD/YYYY):");
String DOB;
DOB = input.next();
//
int age;
// You need to know when it is today. Its not 2013 forever.
java.util.Calendar cal = java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
// ^ The above gets a new Calendar object containing system time/date;
int cur_year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int cur_month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1; // 0-indexed field.
// Cool we need this info. ill skip the day in month stuff,
// you do that by your own, okay?
SimpleDateFormat dfmt = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
int bir_year;
int bir_month;
try {
// If you wanna program, you must know that not all functions
// will exit as it's intended. Errors happen and YOU should deal with it.
// not the user, not the environment. YOU.
Date d = dfmt.parse(DOB); // This throws a parse exception.
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(d);
bir_year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
bir_month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1; // 0-indexed field;
age = cur_year - bir_year;
// Well, you cant be a programmer if you dont think on the logics.
if(cur_month < bir_month ) {
age -= 1;
// If the current month is not yet your birth month or above...
// means your birthday didnt happen yet in this year.
// so you still have the age of the last year.
}
// If code reaches this point, no exceptions were thrown.
// and so the code below wont execute.
// And we have the variable age well defined in memory.
} catch(ParseException e) {
// But if the date entered by the user is invalid...
System.out.println("The date you typed is broken bro.");
System.out.println("Type a date in the correct format MM/DD/YYYY and retry.");
return; // Got errors? tell the program to quit the function.
}
// Well now we can say to the user how old he is.
// As if he/she didnt know it ^^'
System.out.println(String.format("You are %d years old", age));
// **Not tested.
}
}